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Don Haftman now pro at Spring Valley CC, Elyria, O., succeeding his boss, Char- lie Smith, who has bought the 9-hole Forest Hills GC . . . Wilbur J. Loos, veteran widely known pro, now busy teaching at Gnlfport (Miss.) Par-3 course and range . . . Chicago District GA has compiled a list of men's course records on 87 courses in the area . . . Bob Harris, Sun- set Ridge pro, holds records at Edge- water (59), Westmoreland (63), Calumet (65) and shares records at Itasca (66) and Sunset Ridge (64). Robert E. Hirschman and associates buy Briarwood GC, York, Pa., from C. H. Klingensmith, who has retired . . . Robert SWINGING Blether will be general manager of Briar- wood ... He has been with Hirschman in the ownership and operation of the AROUND Manada GC, Harrisburg, Pa. . . . Ted Stevens leaves James Baird State Park GOLF (N. Y.) course to become supt. at Walhalla CC, a new 18 in Rexford, N. Y. . . . Two great veterans are enjoying their first News of the Golf year of retirement after many years in World in Brief course management . . . Arthur Anderson, after 36 years at Brae Burn CC, West Newton, Mass., and for 10 years prior at By HERB GRAFFI5 Oak Hill, Fitchburg, Mass., and E. C. Lorence, supt. Park Club Williamsville, N. Y., now can get up on humid morn- ings without worrying about what hap- pened on that low green back in the corner last night. FRONT COVER David Parson now supt., Mill River That's Gary Player on the No. Club, Upper Brookville, N. Y. . . . Wal- 1 tee at Bellerive, starting the ter Klarch now manager of Quincy (111.) Open playoff lap against Kel Nagle in what was billed as the CC . . . Colonial CC, Memphis, the tight non-American final. Although and testing course where Jack Nicklaus native sons were missing in won recent Memphis Open, is to build the windup round, the spec- new course and clubhouse at larger site tator turnout was much larger than expected. It wasn't known in a few years . . . Abe Arnowitz now in at the time, but Gary was his 26th year as pro at Flagler Hotel and planning to work this round CC, South Fallsburg, N. Y. . . . Every (and the four preceding ones) golfer in the Catskill resort area knows for nothing. Abe . . . He's practically the Old Tom Bill Mark photo Morris of the area. Celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Philadelphia CC, Gladwyne, Penn., began June 13 when Byron Nelson (winner of the 1939 U.S. Open held at the

Gelfdem Is Published monthly except No», and Dee. Accepted m Controlled Circulation Postage Paid at Rochelle. Illinois. PIMM addreee all advertising circulation & editorial eerrMpondenee to GOLFDOM, 407 8. Dearborn St.. Chicigo 606M. club) played an exhibition match . . . The Philadelphia club is reported to be the third oldest chartered golf club in the U. S. . . . The U. S. National Senior Open will be held this year at the Emerald Green course of the Dunes Hotel & CC, Las Vegas, Nev., Sept. 22-26 . . . Prize WILT and money totals $65,000. Amron Construction Corp. of Cran- bury, N. J. and Country Club, Inc. of Dallas, Tex. have promoted and are building a year-round village with second- home townhouses and a resort lodge DISEUSE around an executive golf course and other ...have one thing in common recreational facilities at New Hope, Penn. . . . The Pacific Northwest Golf Assn. will conduct its first Senior Mens' championship at Overlake G & CC, Me- THEY ARE MORE SEVERE IN dina, Wash., July 28-30, for men over 55 years with handicaps of 15 or less. AREAS OF POOR WATER The 38th annual Midwest Public Links Amateur will be played Aug. 10-14 at Waveland public course, Lincoln Park, MOVEMENT Chicago, 111. . . . Kathy Whitworth leads, Mickey Wright is second and Sandra Haynie third in official money winnings on the Ladies PGA tour through the Cos- mopolitan Women's Open, played in late AQUA-GRO lune in Rockton, 111. . . . Cedar View CC,. Laurel, Neb., was opened recently ... moves water... with an open house according to Mick Dalton the club manager . . . Vernon prevents overly wet or Schuck has been named supt. of the Town & Country GC, Grundy Center, dry areas that encourage la. and will begin work in lote July when the course enters the final phase of con- wilt and disease struction . . . Miss Lincoln (Nebraska), Mary Anne Griffith, cut the ribbon at opening-day ceremonies recently for the make Lincoln (Neb.) Junior GC clubhouse. Richard Baermi»n, supt., has replaced Wilson Tyler, who has resigned after AQUA-GRO serving as manager for many years at the Tnlet (N. Y.) CC . . . Plans are being made a part of your at Inlet to increase the course from nine to 18 holes . . . Floyd Farley is architect maintenance program for the Ava (Mo.) G & CC, which began construction of its course July 1 . . . NOW! Home ownership in the community is a • prerequisite to membership in the Tantal- lon CC development, which recently AQUATROLS CORPORATION of AMERICA opened its new clubhouse . . . Located 217 ATLANTIC AVE., CAMDEN, N. J. 08104 in Prince Georges county, Md., the club has an 18-hole course , . , Dick McLeod Delivery to Complete Building in is new pro at York Harbor (Me.) GC. Pro-manager Tom Hess has announced the opening of the course and a new HOURS! clubhouse and pro shop at the Vassar 72 (Mich.) G & CC . . . The new North Star public course, located near Ithaca, Mich., has opened its nine-hole, par-35 course, says owner-developer Adrian Cook . . . The Fred Waring 4-ball tournament, formerly the Bill Waite Memorial tourney, will he held Aug. 23-29 at Shawnee Inn, Shawnee-on-Delaware, Penn., and will feature four age groups, spring (under Each part is tagged and coded age 20), summer (age 20 to 40), autumn (40 to 60) and winter (age 60 and over). Gowanda (N. Y.) CC recently opened its new nine with gala festivities . . . Bait- ing Hollow (N. Y.) CC has put its 6920- yard course in play according to pro Bud Cunningham . . . Club manager Thomas J. McBride is supervising completion of iCorner posts being set in position the clubhouse . . . Wayne Wyatt now manager of the pro shop at Spruce Pine (N. C.) GC . . . Wyatt is assisted by his son, Mickey, according to owner, Mrs. Kimesia Bare. Fred Lindstrom, who succeeded Lew Myers as pro at Ledgement CC, Seekonk, Mass., is leaving to devote full time to his business activities . . . Lindstrom is succeeded by Augie Boyd . . . Paul Bond- Coded panels being set in place eson is Boy's new assistant . . . Frank Burns is now pro at Brookside CC, Allen- town, Penn. . . . Wausau (Wis.) CC has opened its new clubhouse. Hillcrest CC,. Eau Claire, Wis., has extensively remodeled its clubhouse . . . Hillcrest has also appointed Earl W. Har- ris club manager and Bill Halvorsen as pro . . . Newton (Miss.) CC is expected Installing main roof beam to undergo $62,000 worth of improvements in building a swimming pool and tennis courts plus remodeling its clubhouse. U. C. Furgeson, Jr., pro at the Lincoln Park municipal course in Oklahoma City, Okla., says that the greens on the course built in 1925 and 1931 are unable to stand up under current heavy traffic . . . Completed and Painted Comfort Station Plans are being considered to finance re- building of the greens,, adding fairway Vandal Proof! sprinklers and other general improve- Unbreakable cast aluminum fixtures, heavy gauge steel construction insure long life, ments . . . Jack Fleming of San Francisco maintenance-free operation! is designing a course in Ripon, Calif. SUPER SECUR COMFORT STATIONS Jay Riviere is to be architect for the 778 BURLWAY ROAD • BURLINGAME, CALIF. first 18 of three proposed courses at River Plantation subdivision, 35 minutes from downtown Houston, Tex. . . . Work is underway on the Natchez Trace GC in Tupelo,. Miss. . . . John Frazer, Memphis, Tenn., is architect and is supervising the course construction . . . Up to 23 per cent of the general student fees paid by un- dergraduates at the State University in Buffalo, N. Y. is going directly into the treasury of the private Faculty-Student Association, Inc. to defray the costs of land acquisition and development of a standard course at the school ... A tract of land in the town of Amherst, is the probable site of the course. The Florence G & CC, Sheffield, Ala., has added nine holes to bring the course to 18 . . .J. Henry Amt has an option to buy land located in the city of Elkhart, Ind., for which special permission has 50 lb. been granted to develop as a course . . . Uniontown (Pa.) CC, has Warren D. Mc- BAG intosh as new manager . . . Mcintosh was EASIER formerly at Youghiogheny CC. TO Avoca, Iowa's Green Hills Recreation Center is conducting an intensive mem- HANDLE bership drive in order to secure an FHA loan to build a course, clubhouse and recreational center . . . The new 9-hole Lake Woods GC, located along the wa- for ters of Lake Rufus Woods, the reservoir behind Chief Joseph Dam in Washington TOUGHER TURF state, is now open . . . The course is built fertilize with on land leased from the state by the local community . . . Wyoming, Mich's. I. E. MILORGANITE Kaufman public course was opened re- The NATURAL ORGANIC FERTILIZER cently. • LESS DISEASE Two Bridges CC (Newark, N. J. area) • LESS NEMATODE INJURY will be the first illuminated semi-standard • REDUCES WILT length course opened in the metropolitan Long lasting Milorganite provides soil with area, it is claimed . . . Located in Lincoln everything necessary for strong, vigorous grass Park, the 18-hole. 4000-yard, par-60 growth. It promotes a healthy root system that course will have Bill Melhorn as pro . . . resists drought, insect pests and disease. Mil- organite is easy to apply, too: It's dust free, The Beaver Meadows Golf and Recrea- free flowing, and does not cake or deterior- tion Assn. of Phoenix, N. Y. has received ate in storage. Use Spring, Summer and Fall. a Federal loan of $225,000 to develop If you have a Turf Problem, consult Turf Service Bureau its 9-hole course, clubhouse, pool and other facilities, to be known as the Beaver THE SEWERAGE COMMISSION Meadows Club . . . The Utica, N. Y. firm MILWAUKEE 1, WISCONSIN of Russell D. Bailey Assoc. has been retained to prepare the design of the course. MILORGANITE X. G. Hassenplug is designer of Valley fjh£ NATURAL ORGANIC FERTILIZER Green G & CC, near Greensburg, Pa., may we spray through? John Bean has a sprayer to fit your course From tee to green, your course benefits from a John Bean sprayer. Take the high- Eressure, boom-type sprayer shown. Fairway weed, brush and mosquito control, iquid fertilizing. Tree spraying. High-pressure outlet for hose-and-gun green and "spot" spraying. Dust abatement. Stand-by fire protection. Even leaf and brush burning. Select from the most complete line of hydraulic and air-type sprayers, booms and accessories. Just ask the "sprayer people" . . . Write for free sprayer catalog. Mosquito Control Data Kit also sent upon request. JOHN BEAN DIVISION Lansing. Mich. - Oliando, Fla. - San Jose, Calif. which opened recently,, according to man- Clear Lakes CC, Clear Lake, Tex., ager Den C. Morgan . . . The first nine has Jerry Smith as pro. His wife, Evelyn, holes are in play and the second nine is assistant manager . . . Manager is will be ready in 1986 . . . Memorial Day Waymon Armstrong . . . Owner Guy saw the opening of the Dows (la.) CC, Ledgerwood of the new Brookside GC which was built almost entirely with vol- Kingsley, la., has announced that the unteer labor . . . The old farmhouse is course opened recently . . . Leo Johnson the clubhouse and the former beehouse designed the layout . . . Twin Oaks CC is to be the pro shop with storage facili- on the Saginaw-Bay County (Mich.) line ties . . . The course was designed with opened its 5745-yard, 18-hole,. par-71 the guidance of Prof. Arthur E. Cott of course recently . . . Owners are Johnny Iowa State Univ. Sieggreen, Leo Makolaiczik and Dick Maurer. Foodergang Lodge course opened this spring by the owners and developers Pro Wayne Webster of Lindale GC, Richard and Raymond Dommel . . . The Sacramento, Calif., has appointed Vickie course is a 9-hole Par 3 located between Brewer assistant manager of the pro shop Eplnata and Akron, O. . . . Future plans . . . Vickie will assist Webster in organ- call for an expansion to 18 holes ... A izing a women's club and a Junior club contract has been let for construction of . . . Winged Foot GC, Mamaroneck, N. Y., the Glen Cannon CC in Brevard, N. C. was the scene of a fire that destroyed the ... It was designed by William B. Lewis, employees quarters . . . Lincolnshire Fields Jr. . . . The 18-hole, par-72, 6519-yard CC, southwest of Champaign, 111., opened course is surrounded by homesites . . . recently under the direction of pro-man- Pro Newell Baker reports that the 9-hole ager. Howard (Howie) Braun University course at Coharie CC, Clinton, N. C., of 111. tennis and assistant basketball is being expanded to 18 with play ex- coach. pected on the full course by next year. Don Siebern, owner, says his new Fair- acres GC, between Gosehn and Mt. Re- pose, O., opened recently . . . The links is a par-70 6221-yard, 18-hole layout . . . A big barn on the location is being remodeled into a clubhouse, including a pro shop . . . Bradford (Pa.) Area Golf Association course opened in June . . . George Rich of Moodyville, Tenn. is building a 9-hole course southeast of Byrdstown, Tenn. . . . Evans Heights is the name given to a new course being built near Claxton, Ga. . . . Ray LaCombe is pro at the Grand Hotel course, Mack- inac Island, Mich, as well as manager of the Grand Hotel Golf Club. A group of local sportsmen are pooling their efforts to establish a course in Au- Write now for facts and gusta-McCrory, Ark. area . . . Tanforan figures on a sprinkler GC in San Bruno, Calif, slated to be replaced by an apartment-shopping plaza system for your course complex . . . However, the planning commission has recently turned down a pro- posal for the complex and this leaves the Get the complete details that have meant course still operating . . . According to big savings in time and money for pro Tom McHugh there have been a great courses all over the country. Just drop us many complaints about the city losing a line. We'll then write you for a few Tanforan. facts about your course. From these, we'll prepare a sprinkler system layout — in- The St. Croix Falls (Wis.) GC opened cluding suggested operating instructions recently after being rebuilt and recon- and supplemental equipment. You'll also ditioned . . . The major improvement was get a complete bill of materials. Obtain the addition of grass greens . . . Peach installation figures from a local con- Island, at the head of the Detroit River, tractor and you'll have the exact cost of is being developed by Detroit financier E. your sprinkler system. L. Harris into marina and an 18-hole lighted Par 3 course . . . Harris plans to en- CRESline systems are fast and easy to large the island by dredging and filling install, low in initial cost and completely and then developing a complete recre- dependable. Guaranteed right in writing. ational complex with many historical ex- For proof of superiority, contact any of hibits . . . Second nine recently opened the hundreds of CRESline system users at the Rockland (Me.) municipal course, (names on request). according to Roger Sorrent, course super- visor. Walter Schruntek is new pro-supt. at the Renaissance GC, Roslyn,. L. I., N. Y. . . . Work is underway on the 18-hole course being built for the Loch Ledge SPRINKLER SYSTEMS resort in Yorktown, NY.... Managing director of the operation is Robert Mur- CRESCENT PLASTICS, INC. ray . . . Supervising the construction of Dept. G-765, 955 Diamond Ave. the course is George Squires, whose father Evansville, Indiana 47717 is supt. of Lake Success (N. Y.) GC . . . Pro Nick Petrillo says that the 10th and MEMBER NATIONAL GOLF FOUNDATION 11th holes designed by R. T. Jones in re- vamping Bellport GC on Long Island, N. Y. are as good as anything you'll see . . . Timberlink Par 3 GC is adding nine more holes to its Ligonier, Penn. links . . . New club pro-supt at Elmhurst, CC, Scranton, Penn.,. is Ken Rutherford, who was formerly at Lebanon CC. Oak Grove (N. C.) GC, owned and built by Dewey Davis, opened its 9-hole 3024-yard course recently . . Arabat, N. C. is the site of a course being built by Kirby Bowman . . . Bowman says the first nine holes will be ready this fall . . . An 18-hole lighted miniature was opened recently by George Hall in Reindack, la. Owners Jim Wood-Smith and Pro Jim Better greens Cochran, say their new clubhouse and swimming pool and course being built with less labor! in St. Louis, Mo., will be ready soon . . . Lancaster (Penn.) CC is undergoing a METE-R-MATIC $461,955 renovation that will add a pro The Original shop and men's lockerroom, a complete Powered Top Dresser air conditioning system and a change in A "one-man gang" when it's time to top dress the facade of the building among other greens! Only the Mete-R-Matic has the ex- things . . . Work has begun on the new clusive rotating brush which drives top dress- ing materials into the base of the turf, result- $750,000 West View CC in Topeka, Kan. ing in a smooth, even job that requires no with the clubhouse expected to be com- raking or mat dragging . . . and one man can do the complete job. Exclusive steel treadmill pleted by fall and the course ready next at bottom of hopper, with metering gauge, spring. gives accurate control of spreading rate. No vibration mechanism. Handles extremely wet John Plumbley, president and general materials too. Power to spreader can be neu- manager, has announced that the 18-hole tralized to allow powered transport. Forest Cove GC course, Houston, Tex. was opened in June . . . The clubhouse EDGE-R-RITE will have a fall opening . . . The first POWERED nine of the par-72 Panorama GC at Con- TURF EDGER roe, Tex. (north of Houston) is now open The completely better way . . . Architect is Jay Riviere . . . Dale to edge sand traps, walks, Stuart is pro-owner of the Par 3 Salem driveways, flower beds. (Ore.) Golf Land pitch and putt course, CLEAN! which opened recently . . . Golf Land Vertical cutting also has a driving range and a miniature blade leaves a con- tinuous sod strip course. which can easily be gathered, unlike Construction has begun on the 3100- spinning blades, which scatter grass yard course of the Riverview Club near and dirt over a wide area. Wheelersburg, O. . . . General manager FAST of the club is Paul Penotte . . . Scenic GC Powered by a 2Vi in Relmont, N. H. opened officially re- H.P. two-cycle gaso- line engine, EDGE- cently with a tournament in honor of the R-RITE moves smoothly and easily builder and owner, John Drouin . . . Pro over any land contour, cutting all at Scenic is Bud Levasseur . . . Wayne, types of sod cleanly. N. J. is the site of Packanack Lake GC, which opened its nine holes recently . . . Write for free catalogs Pro is Dan O'Rawe . . . West-Park CC's 3456 No. Washington Ave. • Minneapolis, Minn. new clubhouse is being built with volun- Carlyle Golf Club Quarry Tile.. • combines the beauty and durability of ceramic quarry tile with rippled non-slip surface. In a variety of rich colors. 6"x 6"x >i"in size, for new floors or resurfacing. Contact your ceramic tile contractor or write direct. The Carlyle Tile Company, Ironton, Ohio; or Jordan Tile Mfg. Co., 909 Railroad St., Corona, Calif., 91720. teer labor . . . Located near Port Went- eight months from the start of construc- worth, Ga. the club plans to add a pool tion . . . Russell Roberts will design the and Par 3 course in the near future. Penn Oaks 7200-yard course which will Mt. Airy (N. C.) CC's 9-hole course is be the center of a real estate develop- adding a sprinkler system . . . Lago ment near Wilmington, Del. ... It is be- Acres GC in Keota, la. recently opened ing built by Alfred J. Vilone, Sr. . . . All persons in the Keota school sys- The Lindenwood GC, owned and built tems are eligible to use the course under by J. Russel Wylie, near Washington,. Pa., school sponsored programs with adequate opened its par-36, 9-hole course recently school supervision . . . Whitehaven CC, . . . Work is underway on the second near Memphis, Tenn., has opened its new nine . . . Lindenwood's site resembles a clubhouse and course of 6663 yards with pool table . . . Only two holes have as a par 70, according to Monk Joyner, pro much as one per cent grade . . . The re- . . . The course was designed and built maining holes are level or have a slight by John Frazier . . . First nine of Arundel, downhill grade. Bill Gray former pro at Me's. Dutch Elm GC opened recently Chockoyotte CC, now pro at Summer Hill . . . Owner of this 3030-yard course is GC in High Point, N. C. Lucien Bourque, who has begun work on A group of private developers, under the second nine. the temporary presidency of Dr. Powell Members have approved a decision Fry, and Bill Andrews, developer of the to provide extensive remodeling of the project, have purchased 160 acres of land Urbana (111.) CC . . . Architect David Wal- near Stillwater, Okla. for development of lace estimates it will cost the city of Win- an 18-hole course and clubhouse . . . ter Haven, Fla., $212,000 to buiid its new Reginald Heinitsh is developer of Lake 18-hole par-72 course . . . Approval has Toxaway (N. C.) CC and Guest Lodge, been given and work should take about where the first nine is open for the season . . . Pro is Norman Flynn, who played the tour last winter . . . The area at Lake Toxaway was flourishing resort in early 1900's and is now returning to vacationland prominence. East Mountain CC in Westfield, Mass., is expanding from nine to 18 holes, with work expected to be completed by the 1966 season, according to co-owner Ted Perez ... A nine-hole course is being laid out between Waterloo and Seneca Falls, N. Y., according to builder Paul E. Perk- ins .. . The 3200-yard course should be completed by 1967 and will be surrounded by real estate lots . . . Arthur J. Bloom- The newest trend in lockerroom styling is embodied er & Son will develop an 18-hole course in the men's lockerroom at the new Lone Palm GC, and club at Franklin Lakes, N. J. . . . Lakeland, Fla. In the photo are George Jenkins, Architect is to be Gerald C. Roby, Jr. of founder of the club, and Jamie Jackson, sectional National Golf Course Designers, Roslvn, secretary of the Florida PGA. Lockerrooms at the Champions Club, Houston, and Indian Creek, Mi- L.I., N.Y. ami Beach inspired the Lone Palm design. Del (Sandy) Kinney, Jr. has joined Har- ry Nettelbladt, pro at GC of Avon, (Hart- ford, Conn, area) . . . Bob Cintolo is first Tony Lema . . . Runnerup in the tourna- assistant at Avon . . . Mike Owens has ment was a Canadian golfer, Bert Daykin opened a lighted driving range at the of Montreal, who was awarded a 10-day Provo Club north of Liverpool, N Y. and golfing vacation for two in Hawaii . . . plans to develop a 9-hole Par 3 course Daykin will be married shortly and plans . . . Sportsman Park public course in Los to use the trip for his honeymoon . . . Angeles will raise the height of its fences Stuart V. Smith is the winner of the 1964 along a stretch of homes in order to afford Old Smuggler hole-in-one contest . . . His owners greater protection . . . Fence prize is a vacation in Scotland . . . height in the affected area will be raised A record number, over 2677, entries from 12 to 30 feet. were accepted for the qualifying rounds Geoffrey Cornish reports that the nine- of the USGA's Amateur Public Links . . . hole course designed by him at Pipestem, A total of 75 persons participated in the near Hinton, W. Va. will be ready for Southern Senior's tournament on Grand play by July 1, 1966 ... The Golf and Bahama Island recently,, with low gross CC of Jessup (la.) has design ready for for the fild in 36 holes going to E. L. its new course . . . Robert Maddox has Laxton of Charlotte, N. C. . . . Women's designed the 18-hole, 144 acre Elks GC low gross winner was Mrs. L. Salisbury in Hagar township, near St. Joseph, Mich. of St. Petersburg, Fla. ... A $171,000 . . . Construction has started. FHA loan to the Back Acres CC, south of For the fourth year in a row, more than Senatobia, Miss, assures expansion of the 1500 pro and amateur golfers from the course to 18 holes and the addition of a swimming pool and bath houses, among U.S., Canada, Bermuda, England and other improvements. Scotland will compete in the International Ray Ditmore now golf maintenance su- Pro-Am Four Ball Tournament at Glen- pervisor for the city of Los Angeles, Calif. eagles GC, Perthshire, Scotland and at . . . New officers of the Calif. Federation the Royal and Ancient Club, St. Andrews, of the GCSA are: Cliff Wagoner, presi- Oct. 3-9 .. . A. William (Bill) Bosshard, dent; Bill Hod, first vp; David Mastroleo, an Akron, O. businessman, was winner of second vp; and Ben Axt, sec-treas. . . the Dorado (P. R.) Hilton International Next meeting of the Federation will be Handicap and as a result will tour the held Nov. 7-8 at San Luis Obispo, Calif. world this fall as golfing companion of (Continued on page 84) Use CtARO Non-Slip for a BETTER GRIP ...BETTER GOLF!

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O. . . . Supt. of Parks, Dick Spitler, says H#RNUNG'S the course should be ready in July,. 1966 . . . Stockbroker brothers, Bob and J. G. - PRO GOLF SAKS. INC. FONO DU LAC. WISCO Comeau, are building an 18-hole course on a 132-acre tract north of Mt. Clemens, Mich. . . . The brothers sold 12,550 shares COLORFUL of stock to the public at $10 a share to fi- KANGAROO GOLF SHOES nance their venture. Bob will manage Finest Available the club and J. G. is president. Write for 1965 Catalog Eble Municipal GC, northwest of South Over 700 Items Bend, Intl., now has nine holes open for play . . . The complete layout should be ready later this season . . . Pro is Mike Garbacz, who will be assisted in the pro shop by his son, Mike, Jr. ... A spacious Coif Rules in Pictures clubhouse includes the pro shop, showers Compiled and Edited and lockers for men and women and a By Joseph C. Dey dining room . . . The Acme Public GC, lo- Illustrates almost all rules cated east of Acme, Mich., opened its nine-hole course this month, according with 147 pictures and text to owners, John Underwood and Clifford Merrick . . . Flamingo-Santa Rosa (Calif.) Order at $1.95 a copy from Hotel is adding a miniature course to its United States Golf Assn. recreational complex ... La Costa CC, 40 E. 38th Street Carlsbad, Calif, has opened its new club- New York, N. Y. 10016 house. Hal Purely is architect for the 18-hole THE PERFECT PACKAGED SHELTER course to be built by Joseph J. Brunetti, as part of a community development program in New Jersey . . . Rolling Hills CC in Cleveland, Tenn., 24 miles from Chat- tanooga, is scheduled to have its 18-hole, FREIGHT PAID 6300-yard, par-72 course completed by KWIK-BILT, INC. Box 6834, Dallas 19, Ttx. Labor Day . . . Dr. Guy Sheuy agricul- RE-MANUFACTURED GOLF CARS AND OTHERS Many Like New — Dealer Demonstrators $200.00 to $600.00

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tural and biological chemist at the Uni- pro at Tumble Brook in Hartford, Conn., versity of Tenn., is directing construction Sandy Run in Philadelphia, Homestead in of the Rolling Hills course. Spring Lake, N.J., and Englewood (N.J.) Groundbreaking ceremonies were held GC . . . He also was teaching pro with recently at the site of an 18-hole course Ed Dudley at Augusta National and Phil- to be built by developer Howard Capps adelphia CC, and in this capacity at other on Silverado Trail near Napa, Calif . . . first class clubs . . . He won the 1935 Clubhouse at Highland Crest CG near Canadian Open, the Mid-South best-ball (Elgin, 111.) completely destroyed by fire in 1935 when he and Dick Metz defeated in May, following a burglary 24 hours Tommy Armour and Bobby Cruickshank earlier in which the pro shop was cleaned in the final . . . Gene also won the 1952 out of balls, clubs and other equipment Carling's Open and many sectional cham- . . . The club safe also was broken into pionships ... He won the 1961 Northern and about $5000 was stolen. Ohio PGA ... He was interested in ranges The annual Golden 65 Seniors Cham- in suburban Cleveland and at Fort Lau- pionship will be played Oct. 11-13 on derdale, Fla. . . . His son, Gene, Jr., and three courses in the Chicago district . . . a brother and sister survive. Edgewater home course of Chick Evans, Pete Henry, Sr., who died recently, was founder of the Golden Seniors (whose a member of the PGA for 45 years and members are 65 or older), is one of the an Acushnet salesman for 30 years . . . courses . . . Charles F. Hough is Golden Steve Downey, pro at Brookside CC in Seniors' president. Allentown, Penn., is now pro at Grossinger Gene Kunes, Sr., 56, died May 16 in (N. Y.) CC . . . The target date for the Huron Road Hospital, Cleveland, after his start of the new municipal course north 11th major operation . . . Gene served as of the Cleveland, Hopkins International airport has been set back to 1971 . . . Ray Kienzl of the Pittsburgh Press reports GOLF RANGES that in and around Pittsburgh, Pa., (within a 35 mile radius) there are 71 public PAR THREE courses ... 32 of these layouts have been GOLF COURSES opened since 1955 . . . Putnam CC in Mohopac, N. Y. has named Nat Manners MINIATURE COURSES as manager . . . McConnellsville (N. Y.) GC has opened its new clubhouse, according to pro Jim Doherty. TOP QUALITY GOLF SUPPLIES A $250,000 capital improvement pro- It pays to play with Eastern golf gram at the Tucson (Ariz.) CC will take equipment! Balls, clubs, mats, tees, place between now and the end of the ball washers, markers, retrievers, year . . . Construction has begun on the pails, ball pickers, obstacles, etc. $125,000 Coronado GC and clubhouse, SEND FOR LATEST CATALOG Scottsdale, Ariz., according to operator, Tom Lambie, who is also the pro . . . Palm Springs, Calif, voters overwhelming- EASTERN GOLF CO. ly aproved an $800,000 bond issue to buy 2537 BOSTON ROAD a local course for use as a municipal BRONX, N. Y. 10467, Dept. A links ... A 70 acre site south of a married students housing project has been donated to the University of North Da- CORRECT YOUR kota, Grand Forks, N. D., by a 906 grad- GRIP with uate, Ray Richards of Tulsa, Okla., for use as a golf course ... A 9-hole layout is in gives you the works, work having started last June a firm hold for on the 3,500-yard, par-36 course . . . every shot Manteca, Calif, recently held groundbreaking ceremonies for its new municipal course. The Massachusetts Golf Association held its State Amateur at Woodland GC, Newton, July 7-10, and the State Open at the Winchester CC, July 12-13 . . . The Francis Ouimet Caddie Scholarship Fund gave 162 caddies from 61 Mass. Golf Assn. clubs grants totaling $58,475 during the last year . . . The recreation MANUFACTURERS SPECIALTY CO., INC. 2736 Sidney St. St. Louis, Mo. 63104 department of the city of Columbus, O. has approved the purchase of 247.3 acres for a third municipal course . . . Cost was about $500 per acre, which will be in- MAGIC FLUFF cluded in an application for a 30 per cent Floor Covering Federal grant . . . John O'leary, who was Spike Resistant born and raised in the house on the 100- year-old family farm, near Jackson, Mich., NEW is back working the same acres, but die MAGIC FLUFF farm is a 9-hole public course called Tee Mats Sparrow Hawk . . . Pro-supt. for the course Keeps clubs from marring. is Floyd Hammond, who also designed the layout. H. M. WISE Roy Mattson is new club manager of 212 Helen Av»., Mansfield, Ohio the Stevens Point (Wis.) CC, which is Charlie Ward (r), 53-year old pro who recently won the British Seniors golf championship, was to MCLAUGHLIN have met Sam Snead, American winner, for the international title in Lancashire, England, in early July. Ward is shown receiving trophy and check Range, Miniature, from Ronald Teacher, board chairman of Wm. Teacher & Sons, Ltd., Glasgow distillers, who spon- Pro Shop Golf Balls sor the Seniors tournaments. Made of finest materials, care- fully supervised. Covers contain in the process of becoming an 18-hole the new DUPONT NEOPRENE course ... A new nine-hole course in the HC for maximum durability. Fin- eastern Poconos is available at the Bush- est URETHANE enamel used. kill Pa. Falls House resort . . . Hamden, Conn, residents have been treated to a rare display of buck passing by municipal officials, elected and appointed . . . The WANT TO SAVE ON dispute concerns the building of a protective fence to keep children off the RANGE BALLS? Meadowbrook municipal course and to Have your culls rebuilt the MC- keep golf balls away from the adjacent LAUGHLIN way. Exclusive pro- Meadowbrook cooperative apartments . . . cess gives them same durability The recreation commission, the town as new range balls. Covers and council, the board of finance are all hold- paint the same as our new ing up on making any decision . . . The range balls. idea seems to be to try and stick the builder of the apartments. Persons flying to the Carling Cham- pionship, Aug. 19-22, if they have planes Range and miniature sup- no larger than Beechcraft and Aero Com- plies and equipment. Send for manders with two-engines, may land and catalog. Used balls bought, tie-down at Windle Airport, West Mill- sold and exchanged. bury, Mass. . . . Free, round trip auto Free samples of balls transportation will be provided for fans on request. to the host club, Pleasant Valley CC . . . •••**• The final tournament on the PGA's tournament schedule will be the new national YOU CAN PAY MORE - four-ball championship . . . The stroke play event will be held Dec. 8-11 and BUT YOU CAN'T BUY BETTERl televised nationally on Dec. 11 at the PGA National Golf Club, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. . . . Deadline for entries in HUGH J. MCLAUGHLIN & SON, inc. the field of 120 teams (players select 614 N. Indian. Avenue, Cr.wn P.int, Indian their own partners) is Nov. 7.